Silver apricot

Silver and white apricots are distributed in Manchu town of Baichangmen, Heishan County. The fruit is round, the suture line is obvious, and the top of the fruit is flat and concave. In the arid mountain area, the average fruit weight is 59.1-71.8 grams, and the maximum fruit weight is 80.0 grams. The pericarp is light yellow and white in background color, medium in wax, medium in fuzz, medium in thickness, brittle and difficult to peel off; The flesh is yellow and white, the flesh near the core is white, the juice is medium, the meat is fine, the fiber is less, the taste is sweet and sour, and there is fragrance; Off-nucleus, oblate nucleus, sweet kernel. Mature in mid-June. The tree is strong, half-opened, with short fruit branches and bouquet-shaped fruit branches as the main fruits, with high yield and large and small fruits. When cultivated, it can be selected as pollinating varieties, such as red string branch, gourd apricot, etc. When pruning, cultivate as many short and medium fruit branches as possible; Because the fruit ripens first near the core, it should not be harvested too late.
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